Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] when it [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 The weekend lost its appeal for me when it came to the fundamental rebirthing philosophy .
2 The gun jumped , but she was n't in front of it when it went off .
3 Rosie lost sight of it when it disappeared behind a cardboard box and she turned her attention back to the door .
4 It was n't all that far below us when it stopped . ’
5 I reviewed Take a girl like you when it came out , and took pains to convey how much I enjoyed and admired its incendiariness .
6 Having started along the path of gas-cooled reactors , the nuclear industry stuck with them when it came to looking for an improved model .
7 Ingrid and other loyal friends spent long hours burning the midnight oil with her when it came to the final typing .
8 And I 'm sure a lot of times he had no idea what was going to come out , but he knew there was going to be some sort of feedback or something , so he 'd just play with it when it came . ’
9 There was , however , an instinct in him when it came to Judith that he 'd never experienced with any other woman .
10 It was about six feet from him when it went off , to which distance , and the fact that Peter 's kick had made him roll into the water at the minute of explosion , he owed his mangled survival .
11 The shattered bodies which had been hurled from it when it exploded were being gathered up on stretchers .
12 I just had to tend to him when it got too much for someone who is not that involved in drugs .
13 True , he was a vital part of the 2nd Div side but then so were a lot of players who really were n't up to it when it came to Div I. It was , as Wilko realised a totally different ball-game .
14 It lacked the bypass of Hebon under Pertunda , and Triglaf certainly had the edge on it when it came to a southerly location .
15 One or two more besides me alive today that was on it , but we was n't on it when it bursted up .
16 Yeah well we did n't concentrate on it when it started actually , we was all talking were n't we ?
17 This was an old carriage , but still well capable of performing the task set for it when it had first joined the rolling-stock in the year that Holly had been born .
18 Thereafter , the Lord Chancellor became responsible for the Council on Tribunals , appointing its chairman and members , staffing it , and sticking up for it when it needed help against recalcitrant departments .
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